Stray Dog filmmaker Debra Granik, on our behalf, checked back in with the subjects of her film, Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, and his Mexican-born stepsons, Angel and Jesús, to see how…...
Ron “Stray Dog” Hall is the force to be reckoned with in Debra Granik’s acclaimed documentary Stray Dog, which has its national television premiere Monday, November 9 on Independent Lens on PBS [10pm; check local listings]. “Sympathetic without… Read More
In communist Romania, thousands of Western films on bootleg VHS tapes — mostly Hollywood action movies — were smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, opening a window into the free world. Under President Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romania was culturally isolated and ideologically censored. Images of life outside its… Read More
Premiering on PBS Tuesday October 20 at 10pm [please check local listings] as a co-presentation of Independent Lens and FRONTLINE, the new documentary Immigration Battle plunges straight into the heart of one…...
The Armor of Light follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, who is trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America, and Lucy McBath, the mother of an unarmed teenager who was murdered in Florida and whose story cast… Read More
Why has it been so hard for Washington to fix our country’s broken immigration system? In Immigration Battle, a special two-hour feature film presentation from FRONTLINE and Independent Lens, acclaimed independent filmmakers Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini take viewers… Read More
Bill Davidon Bill Davidon was the mastermind and de facto leader of the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI. Bill Davidon’s lifelong activities reflected his dedication to nonviolence, civil liberties, and ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons. He was a member of the national steering committee of… Read More
The original inhabitants of the southern tip of Africa were Bushmen and Hottentots — mostly hunter-gatherers organized into tribes. It was not until the 17th century, when explorers from the Dutch East Indies landed at the Cape of Good Hope that the wheels were set in motion for a… Read More
Follow the struggle of one family during the peak of last year's Ebola outbreak in their native Liberia, where the government has shut down, schools and markets have closed, and food prices keep rising. Read More
Independent Lens presents a collection of photos and essays by photographer B. Proud from her book First Comes Love, offering a glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ couples who have been in love for decades: how they met, and how their relationships have evolved as they faced challenges unique to gay relationships. Read More
Tom Miller committed a long period of his life — 14 years — to his film Limited Partnership, and it became a true labor of love, appropriate for what is…...
Decades before The Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, one gay couple, a Filipino American and an Australian, fell in love and over the course of 40 years took on the U.S. government to fight for marriage and immigration equality. Read More
